For the sake of the archives, here are some common Quaker abbreviations: For a much more detailed list, see The Quaker Corner, http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/ on the right, under Highlights, scroll down to "Quaker Terms." b - born bur - buried cert - certificate ch - child, children co - chosen overseer(s) com - complained, complained of con - condemned d - died dec - deceased dis - disowned, disowned for dt - daughter, daughters fam - family form - formerly gc - granted certificate gct - granted certificate to gl - granted letter h - husband jas - joined another society ltm - liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry m - marry, married, marrying, marriage mbr - member mbrp - membership mcd - married contrary to discipline MH - meeting house MM - monthly meeting mos - married out of society mou - married out of unity mtg - meeting prc - produced a certificate prcf - produced a cert. from QM - quarterly meeting rec - receive, received recrq - received by request relfc - released from care for relrq - released by request rem - remove, removed rm - reported married rmt - reported married to roc - received on certificate rocf - received on certificate from rol - received on letter rolf - received on letter from rpd - reported rq - request, requests, requested rqc - requested certificate rqct - requested certificate to rqcuc - requested to come under care (of mtg) rst - reinstate, reinstated s - son, sons uc - under care (of mtg) w - wife YM - yearly meeting Becky Teague Listowner: Hadley-L, Yaudes-L hadleylist@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp